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The Red Hen Controversy
Jana Seijts; Benjamin BigioCase IVEY-9B19M091-EEntrepreneurship, StrategyOn June 22, 2018, Stephanie Wilkinson, co-founder of the Red Hen, a small farm-to-table restaurant in rural Virginia, was caught off guard when a frantic call from her chef told her that the White House press secretary, Sarah Huckabee Sanders, had just sat down to eat at Wilkinson's restaurant. Staff at the Red Hen were tense because they fundamentally disagreed with Sanders's support of the Trump administration on issues such as immigration and ...Starting at €8.20
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Raymond Jetson's MetroMorphosis ... Baton Rouge, Teaching Note
Kanter, Rosabeth Moss; Hamilton, Tessa Natanay; Malone, Ai-Ling JamilaTeaching Note HBS-316033-ETeaching note for case 315057. Building on his successes as a politician and preacher in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, Rev. Raymond Jetson sought to empower Baton Rouge citizens to innovate solutions for their community challenges. After stepping down as the head of the Louisiana Family Recovery Corps, Jetson became interested in the Advanced Leadership Initiative (ALI) at Harvard University. When his ALI cohort expressed interest in visiting his home...Starting at €0.00
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Joe Mandato, Pete McNerney and Empathetics
Kanter, Rosabeth Moss; Malone, Ai-Ling Jamila; Hoffstein, BrianCase HBS-ALI022-EEntrepreneurshipTwo experienced healthcare leaders that participated in the Advanced Leadership Initiative at Harvard University worked together to improve the nation's healthcare system through the early stage company Empathetics (an organization that teaches empathy to healthcare professionals and staff to improve the patient experience). With their guidance the company seems to make progress on staffing and funding, but despite Mandato's and McNerney's experi...Starting at €8.20
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o.b.: The Case of the Missing Tampons
Mary Weil; Jana Seijts; Paul BigusCase IVEY-9B12M096-EStrategyThe chief executive officer (CEO) of a large consumer health conglomerate faces a controversial situation. Loyal consumers of a feminine hygiene product are outraged when they learn that a highly coveted product has been permanently discontinued. Unable to find their favourite brand in stock, consumers create a website and post online petitions to boycott, or rather “girlcott,” all products made by the company. The company has already suffered se...Starting at €8.20
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Mountain Dew: The Most Racist Soft-drink Commercial in History
Jana Seijts; Paul BigusCase IVEY-9B13A021-EMarketingPepsiCo faces criticism after releasing a series of online advertisements for Mountain Dew that featured an angry Mountain Dew–drinking goat, a battered white woman on crutches and the goat in a police lineup of all black men. Critics are offended by the advertisement’s portrayal of violence toward women and racial stereotypes. As the public outcry spreads, Mountain Dew’s senior brand manager needs to devise a course of action or risk damage to o...Starting at €8.20
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Toyota: Accelerator Pedal Recall (B)
Jana Seijts; Paul BigusCase IVEY-9B11M078-ELeadership and People Management, Marketing, StrategyThis case is a supplement to Toyota: Accelerator Pedal Recall (A).Starting at €5.74
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IBM and the Reinvention of High School (A): Proving the P-TECH Concept, Teaching Note
Kanter, Rosabeth Moss; Malone, Ai-Ling JamilaTeaching Note HBS-314062-ETeaching Note for 314049.Starting at €0.00
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Robert Whelan and the Student Loan Crisis (B)
Kanter, Rosabeth Moss; Chen, Grace Szu-Hua; Malone, Ai-Ling JamilaCase HBS-316049-EBob Whelan developed an idea with partners that was a seed before his fellowship year and addressed a significant national challenge - college financing - with a creative concept and experience from his years in investment banking. His nonprofit was called 13th Avenue Funding and it provided equity as an alternative to debt for students to finance college. Since he first set out on his journey, he faced a lot of resistance and difficulty in scali...Starting at €5.74
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Frederick Southwick and Reducing Medical Errors
Kanter, Rosabeth Moss; Malone, Ai-Ling Jamila; Kang, JiheaCase HBS-ALI005-EMedical errors both in the U.S. and worldwide occur at alarming rates. In the U.S. medical errors were the third leading cause of death. Southwick experienced the consequences of preventable medical errors firsthand. As a physician and a professor, he researched and wrote about the causes and solutions for medical errors over the years. Southwick also launched pilot programs applying different quality improvement frameworks from other fields to m...Starting at €8.20
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Howard Koh and Public Health Campaigns, Teaching Note
Yatsko, Pamela; Malone, Ai-Ling JamilaTeaching Note HBS-ALI015-ETeaching note for case ALI012.Starting at €0.00